Hanna Jonasson · @AssangeLegal
15th Mar 2016 from TwitLonger
ECUADOR DENOUNCES SWEDEN & UK AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA
Today Ecuador denounced the human rights violations committed against Julian Assange before the plenary of the 31st regular session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Ambassador of Ecuador to the United Nations, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, stated the following:
"Since its creation, this Council has been the most representative forum
for debate and international agreements on human rights around the world.
However, when the transgressions of these rights are carried out by
certain politically and economically influential countries, cases are
generally not discussed or they are downplayed, which creates an asymmetry
that needs to be rectified.
Ecuador wishes to express its concern in relation to the arbitrary
detention that the Australian citizen Julian Assange has been subjected to
for over five years with the participation of the United Kingdom and the
Kingdom of Sweden. The countries that are involved in this violation are
also in breach of the right to health, Mr. Assange's physical and
psychological integrity is impacted as he has not received adequate
medical treatment since the commencement of his confinement at the Embassy
of Ecuador in London where he has asylum."